J. Burton Rix

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Name = J. Burton Rix


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Sport = Football / Basketball / Track & Field
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OverallRecord = 19–21–7 (Football)
5–1 (Basketball)
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CFbDWID = 1986
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CoachYears = 1912
1917-1920
1929
CoachTeams = Texas
SMU
Miami (FL)
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J. Burton Rix was an American football and basketball coach. He was a 1906 graduate of Dartmouth College.Fact|date=February 2008 Rix had served as head men's basketball coach at the University of Texas at Austin in 1912. He became head football coach at Southern Methodist University in 1917, but had to leave the program following a 1–6–1 season in 1921. In 1929, Rix became the second head football coach at the University of Miami, after a group of local businessmen financially backed the school. However, Rix left after one season as the Wall Street Crash of 1929 caused the off-campus financing to disappear. [ [http://media.www.pittnews.com/media/storage/paper879/news/2002/11/21/Sports/Hurricanes.History.Starts.With.Rain.Ends.With.Reign-1796964.shtml Hurricane's history starts with rain, ends with reign] ]

Head Coaching Record

CFB Yearly Record Subhead
name = SMU Mustangs
conf = TIAA
startyear = 1917
endyear = singleCFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1917
name = SMU
overall = 3–2–3
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name = SMU Mustangs
conf = SWC
startyear = 1918
endyear = 1921CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1918
name = SMU
overall = 4–2
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year = 1919
name = SMU
overall = 5–4–1
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year = 1920
name = SMU
overall = 3–5–2
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year = 1921
name = SMU
overall = 1–6–1
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name=SMU
overall=16–19–7
conference=CFB Yearly Record Subhead
name = Miami Hurricanes
conf = Independent
startyear = 1929
endyear = single

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year = 1929
name = Miami (FL)
overall = 3–2
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name=Miami (FL)
overall=3–2
conference=CFB Yearly Record End
overall=19–21–7
bcs=no
poll=no

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